My FIRST grow GO HYDRO (PICTURES)

[greenearth5]

yikes....i hope your a medical marijuana patient

quote=motif;2147469]my dumbass roommate with the camera got drunk and lost it somewhere, not to mention all the pictures i had on it.....yikes[/quote]

 

[chucktownskunk]

3 monster ones and 5 or 6 baby ones i am on week 11 on monday per week is 125 ml of sweet flora nova 24tsp and a little cal/mag for the leaves

 

[motif]

this is my 5th week flowering now, i cleaned out the entire res with isopropyl alcohol and hydrogen peroxide in warm water, heres the nutes i gave:

BC Boost & BC Bloom = 4tsp each
thrive alive b-1 = 1/2 tsp
Awesome Blossoms = 1/2 tsp (maybe i shouldnt have used awesome blossoms together with my bloombastic im trying out for the first time)
magical = 1/2 tsp
flora nova sweet = 3 tsp
Bloombastic = 1.5 - 2.0 ml

the awesome blossom is a 2-11-11 and the bloombastic is 0-21-20, well see what happens.... STAY TUNED

 

[motif]

back to having to use the shitty camera, sorry guys but i figured shitty pics are better than none

well see how she responds to the high amount of (P) and (K) prolly later on tonight

pH = somewhere in the upper 5.0
res temp = 55.7 F
air temp = 62 F

 

[greenearth5]

damn your stem is nice n thick.. and your roots look awesome.. my root system is as thick as the trunk but its not spread out like urs

look n good man... bud looks nice.. have you tried it yet

 

[motif]

damn your stem is nice n thick.. and your roots look awesome.. my root system is as thick as the trunk but its not spread out like urs

look n good man... bud looks nice.. have you tried it yet

the stem is thick as shit because i pretty much had a fan blowing on it since it was a sprout!

the roots are spread out because its a small res, like 6" deep..

and naw i havnt tried it yet...wouldnt it taste like shit? and give you a headache?

 

[greenearth5]

yah but that would be the best headache of my life lol

the stem is thick as shit because i pretty much had a fan blowing on it since it was a sprout!

the roots are spread out because its a small res, like 6" deep..

and naw i havnt tried it yet...wouldnt it taste like shit? and give you a headache?

 

[motif]

yah but that would be the best headache of my life lol

yeahhhh i think im just gonna wait LOL

 

[onthedl0008]

Hey buddy looking green.. Im gonna have to read up on ur grow.Looking good dude.

 

[dizwhatitis]

good grow. keep it up

 

[motif]

good grow. keep it up

preciate it, my first time ever and ive learned alot, big improvements should occur on my 2nd batch coming up

Hey buddy looking green.. Im gonna have to read up on ur grow.Looking good dude.

yeah its been a rough beginning but i sort of got the hang of it half way through, been through A LOT of stress early on

i tied some of the big branches closer together torwards the middle and kind of got them at all the same height so i was able to lower the lights a bit more (now about 2" away) AND i think they are liking the increase in nutes i gave em yesterday and again more today..

BIG PROBLEM THOUGH, my spring break is next week and im leaving this saturday, im gonna premix a couple gallons of nutes and try to teach my very faithful yet unknowledgable friend to help take care of em while im gone.... wish me luckkkk!!!!!

ill be sure to give updates up until i leave, STAY TUNED~!

 

[motif]

temperatures are evening up, (been kind of low recently)........

Flower chamber (Air) = 72-77 F

Water (reservoir) = 64F

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Seedlings (Air) = 78 F

Water (Reservoir) = 68F

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Growth has been pretty slow in both the seedlings & the flowering, we'll see if this shows a quick improvement....

 

[TheSalesman]

Inspirational stuff. I'll be starting my build/grow over the next few weeks and hope to be as successful. In the beginning, is your net pots actually sitting in the water or is it hovering over the water?

Keep it up! Looking forward to more pics and updates.

 

[motif]

Inspirational stuff. I'll be starting my build/grow over the next few weeks and hope to be as successful. In the beginning, is your net pots actually sitting in the water or is it hovering over the water?

Keep it up! Looking forward to more pics and updates.

well depending on how deep my rockwool is in the hydroton, will determine how deep in the water for me.. If the rockwool is sitting up to the brim of the net pots, i like to keep the bottom of the netpots about an inch submerged.

it really depends on how saturated your rockwool gets at what level.. but once roots hit the water, i stick it deeper down.

A lot of ppl like to put the water about an inch below the netpots, but i only do this after they get their roots in the water

 

[chucktownskunk]

just got done cutting and hanging mine i will be starting a grow journal in the next couple weeks

 

[Mammath]

Hey Motif

Just read through the entire journal.
Everything you've learned along this grow will be of great value to you for the next one.
All the best with putting your grow in the hands of someone who has no fucking idea what he's doing.
How long you gone for?

 

[motif]

Hey Motif

Just read through the entire journal.
Everything you've learned along this grow will be of great value to you for the next one.
All the best with putting your grow in the hands of someone who has no fucking idea what he's doing.
How long you gone for?

i will be gone for a week, and i would let my grow friend watch over it, but he is rather shady and ive only known him for a few months.... it shudnt be hard for my newbie friend tho, just check on the temps for me and add the premixed nutes ill make for him and possibly raise the lights

 

[Mammath]

Yeah, hopefully he should be able to maintain the basics which should be cool for a week.

 

[motif]

Yeah, hopefully he should be able to maintain the basics which should be cool for a week.

yeah wish me luck he doesnt fuck it up like leave the cabinet open!!

i figure if all heaters are off in the house, the lights will be enough to keep em warm without much worries of getting near burnt triches! Plus cold weather only stunts its growth, which seems to be a much safer way out for me....

sprouts light will remain to be on 24/7 and that leaves the temp under the light steady at 81 F. Sprout water is currently 69.2 F, which will most likely go down and i will have to tell my friend to plug in the water heater occasionally (e z enuff for a noob, just plug in the cord cuz it already sits in the tub, just unplugged when not needed)

and the flower chamber (my BABY GIRL!) im leaving the big fan near the base on low setting and the smaller fan by the lights will both remain on the entire time.

i also moved the lights up about 4 inches (heighest they can go! im outta room!) to give the nugs room to grow up

Also topped off the reservoir with the rest of the remaining nutes i made two days ago along with some pH balanced water. The water level is now about halfway up the netpot. i wonder how long it will take to drink it down to the air stones? Its a small reservoir (3gallon i think). But if its that full, plus i made a gallon of premixed nutes for my friend, and i got about a half gallon of pH balanced water to top off if he runs out, but i dont think it will drink all that much in a week. I gave it a strong dose, ppm about 1500 maybe a bit more.

WISH ME LUCK, ill see you guys in a week with either GREAT news or (cross your fingers) DEVESTATING news.........

im so nervous, FUCK! its my spring break and not a day will go by without me wondering how everything is going.....

 

[motif]

yo im back and everything seems to look good, ill try and get some pics up tomorrow~stay tuned.